Aug 25, 2026 · 20 min · 10 segments
Forget the medical drama version. The nurse trailing the doctor, chart in hand, scrubs pressed. That's not the job. The real job is a patient load that doesn't ease up, a PM shift running into an AM…
Christiana RussellGuestJane ButlerHost
And you can really see the difference in a nurse who actually cares for what the patient wants.
Sometimes you find nurses who are so stuck in their way and they go, oh... you know, that's how the patient is, blah, blah, blah.
But I love to, you know, listen out and say, well, why is that patient saying that? What can we do to get their voice heard and really advocate in that sense? So I'm a people person in that sense.
And I think you can really tell when I leave a patient's room and they feel heard and understood.
that they don't feel empowered as much as that they would be if it were just in a normal day-to-day routine that makes people really vulnerable, that requires a nurse to be their advocate?
You've got doctors who just kind of barge in when it's best for the doctor.
having a nurse to really identify and pick up the cues that something isn't quite right here.
And you can really see the difference in a nurse who actually cares for what the patient wants.
Sometimes you find nurses who are so stuck in their way and they go, oh... you know, that's how the patient is, blah, blah, blah.
But I love to, you know, listen out and say, well, why is that patient saying that? What can we do to get their voice heard and really advocate in that sense? So I'm a people person in that sense.
And I think you can really tell when I leave a patient's room and they feel heard and understood.
that they don't feel empowered as much as that they would be if it were just in a normal day-to-day routine that makes people really vulnerable, that requires a nurse to be their advocate?
You've got doctors who just kind of barge in when it's best for the doctor.
having a nurse to really identify and pick up the cues that something isn't quite right here.
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